Laura

Ms Laura McCarthy

Psychotherapist

“ARE YOU FEELING ANXIOUS, ANGRY, DEPRESSED OR ARE YOU HAVING ISSUES IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP? If you’re interested in starting therapy, I offer trauma-focused counseling for individuals and couples aged 18 and over.”

About Me

Feeling anxious, angry, or depressed can be overwhelming. If relationship issues are also a concern, I offer a supportive space. My trauma-focused Counseling helps individuals and couples aged 18+ navigate these challenges. We can explore difficult experiences together, working to process past events. This approach supports you in finding clearer ways forward and building greater emotional stability.

Approach

When anxiety, anger or low mood start to shape your days, I help you trace how past hurts show up now and gently test different ways of responding. In sessions in Ramsgate, Kent or online, we work at a steady, collaborative pace—sometimes exploring memories, sometimes trying practical grounding or communication experiments—and I’ll offer reflections between meetings to keep momentum. The work is focused, relational and safe, and tends to suit adults and couples who want to confront past pain and build more stable ways of relating.
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Basic Information

Services

Services Offered:

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    Counseling

    A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.

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    Ukraine Aid

    Mental health support specifically for people affected by the conflict in Ukraine, including refugees, displaced families, and those experiencing war trauma.

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    Psychotherapy

    In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.

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    Therapy

    Professional treatment for mental health concerns, providing a structured space for insight, emotional processing, and behavioural change.

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Works With:

  • •Adults
  • •Couples

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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    Abuse

    Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.

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    Anger

    An intense emotional response to perceived threat, injustice, or frustration that, when persistent or uncontrolled, can damage relationships and well-being.

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    Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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    Career Issues

    Work-related difficulties such as chronic dissatisfaction, conflict, burnout, uncertainty about direction, or the stress of career change.

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    Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

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    PTSD

    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition that develops after a traumatic event, causing flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and emotional numbness.

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    Trauma

    The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.

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Professional Title:

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    Psychotherapist

    A professional trained to provide in-depth therapy that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting change.

Qualifications

Metanoia Institute

Registrations

British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Counsellor

Service Area

Grace Cottage

In-person & Online

Ramsgate, Kent

United Kingdom